Evans v Georgia Regional Hospital

Federal rules of procedure – Standard of judgment – Actionable claim – Federal statutory law – Employment – Gender nonconformity – Sexual orientation – Hostile work environment – Equal treatment – Lesbian security officer at Georgia hospital harassed, physically assaulted, passed over for promotion, denied equal pay or equal work, and targeted for termination for failing to carry herself in ‘traditional woman[ly] manner’ – Officer suffering retaliation for lodging complaint with employment office – Officer voluntarily leaving employment and filing pro se complaint in district court alleging sex-based discrimination, discrimination based on sexual orientation, and retaliatory treatment – Plaintiff granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis – Complaint dismissed sua sponte for failure to state a claim under federal rules – Whether Title VII providing a cause of action for discrimination based on gender non-conformity – Whether Title VII providing a cause of action for discrimination based on sexual orientation – Whether retaliation claim valid given plaintiff failure to object to district court dismissal – 28 USC § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii); Fed R Civ P 12(b)(6); Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC § 2000e et seq)

Cause of action · Complaint · Dismissal · Employment discrimination · Lesbian · Officer · Plaintiff · Political science · Sexual orientation · Statutory law · Business Law and Ethics · Law · Legal Cases and Commentary · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes · Psychology · Social Psychology